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The sector’s 2010 consolidated data may be found here.

2010 MARKET DATA:

Steel producing park: 28 mills; 13 integrated (from iron ore) and 15 semi-integrated (from processing pig iron and scrap), managed by 10 business groups.

Installed capacity: 44.6 Mty of crude steel

Crude steel output: 32.9 Mt

Steel products output: 31.8 million de t

Apparent consumption: 26.1 Mt

Employees: 142.226

Trade balance: US$ 337 million – 1.7% of Brazil’s trade balance

World’s 15th largest steel exporter (direct exportations)

World’s 7th largest net steel exporter (exp - imp): 3.1 Mt

Exports to over 100 countries

Indirect exportation (steel contained in goods): 2.7 Mt

Brazilian per capita steel consumption: 152 kg/crude steel/inhabitant

Main steel consuming sectors: Civil Construction; Automotive; Capital Goods, Machines and Equipment (including Agricultural); Household and Commercial Appliances